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The Newark Bears had a good game. They won 6-3 and starter Alex Smith lost his no-hitter in the 8th. I did ok with autos. Couldn't get a pic with Raines, hopefully next time. For some reason I just wasn't feeling it today. Can't explain why, just how it was. Anyway here's what I ended up with.

Thanks I'm gonna need it! I'm bringing 4 baseballs and I have no idea if I'll get them all signed and I hope not, at least for today. I have pics of Lee and Halladay and the balls I'm saving for if I get the chance for some players like Howard, Rollins, Dom Brown, Jose Reyes, Beltran, Bay, Johan etc. You never know what can happen so let's see. Who knows, I might only get one signed.I just hope I don't use up all the balls and then I get the chance of getting another great player and I have to resort with a card.

Thanks I'm gonna need it! I'm bringing 4 baseballs and I have no idea if I'll get them all signed and I hope not, at least for today. I have pics of Lee and Halladay and the balls I'm saving for if I get the chance for some players like Howard, Rollins, Dom Brown, Jose Reyes, Beltran, Bay, Johan etc. You never know what can happen so let's see. Who knows, I might only get one signed.I just hope I don't use up all the balls and then I get the chance of getting another great player and I have to resort with a card.

Yeah, that happened to me at Spring Training this year...hopefully you get one of the big name guys!

OK well I did pretty good outside. I got like 12 I think, all Mets. One of them was a member of the '69 Mets, I'll reveal it later. Inside was brutal. Got nobody, barely anybody even signed. Hopefully after the game will be good.

After the game I only got one, but it was worth it. A star. I will reveal it later. Nah you know what, I think I'm gonna start my little report now! So the Mets killed Philly, something like 11-2. Getting autos inside was brutal! Only legit chances were Michael Martinez and Howard. I tried calling for Doc Halladay but no luck. Martinez didn't sign and Howard didn't ask me to toss him a ball after he signed for a few shortly before gametime. BP was a total waste, would've been better off trying to catch a ball. After the game I only got one person. You will see who it is at the end. Other Mets were signing but I didn't go after them. I tried for Jason Bay but I came late and he didn't get me.

Ken Oberkfell 2/2Mookie Wilson 1/1

I made a custom 8x10 for the Mets to sign, similar to the World Series one. On that I got:Daniel Murphy, Dillon Gee, Scott Hairston, Ike Davis, Sandy Alderson, Ryota Igarashi, D.J. Carrasco, Justin Turner & Bobby Parnell.

Thanks Justin. Well today I'm going to the Mets/Marlins game with one of my friends, who also likes the Marlins. I'm really torn between the 2 teams. This will be the final game from these past few days for me. I didn't end up going to the Newark game yesterday. I was tired and just didn't feel like it. Since Legend Sunday might be done with, I didn't feel like wasting my time. So I'm on my way to NY now, I gotta be there early. I printed a few things for the Marlins so hopefully things go well. I only have 2 baseballs so I'll have to use em wisely. Wish me luck!

Thanks. Well the game was fun. Marlins won 4-1. I've heard the Marlins are a good signing team but yesterday was just as bad as the Phillies! I did the Mets before the game of course, got around 10 autos maybe. The only person I got that's affiliated with the Marlins was Eduardo Perez. He's an awesome guy to be around, was joking around with a couple of the people he signed for. I got him to sign this 8x10 of the Cuban flag because I'm Cuban. I never really thought of making something specific for Cubans to sign so I thought it was about time. So as soon as I got in, I see DeWayne Wise talking with someone and then shortly after he walked away. I tried calling for him but nothing. Now during BP, I'm standing with a few other Marlin fans right in the front row practically. We are right behind the tarp they roll out. I am wearing a Marlins jersey. I'll cut this story short. Not one Marlin stopped to sign in the outfield. It really was surprising, I mean they warmup right in front of us. One Marlin did sign a little to the right of us however, Hanley Ramirez. Unfortunately when he started signing, he grabbed someones sharpie. But not just any ordinary sharpie, a BROWN one. Basically how he was signing for people, you would have to throw it him, so a baseball would be the best item. After a little bit he actually signaled to me to throw my ball to him. Then I showed him my pen to see if I could toss it too. But of course he shook his head. Some may not understand this but I just will not have someone sign an official MLB baseball that costs 15 bucks to get signed in sharpie, let alone brown. Pens are the only things you should get those balls sign with. Sharpies will fade and he probably wouldn't have signed it on the sweet spot so it just wasn't worth it. I already got his auto 4 years ago so it's not a big loss. Then shortly before gametime was the final chance for some Marlins. The players we had a chance for were Logan Morrison, Omar Infante, Hanley, Mike Stanton, Bonifacio and Gaby Sanchez (I think). Once again I was surprised to see that none came by to sign. Only a few actually signed above the dugout but it's not easy to sneak into that area. My one highlight during BP though was that DeWayne Wise tossed me a ball, my first one at an MLB game ever! After the game was a bit unusual for autographs. Security blocked off the usual spot for the Mets for some reason. It was very unusual, I've never seen them do that recently. As for the Marlins, I didn't realize that today would be the getaway day since they were just flying here for a game that was rained out back in May. So we got nothing after the game. Anyway here's who I got for yesterday:

Went to that Bears game last night. Bears lost 8-4. I did surpass my little milestone before the game. Here's who I ended up getting (could've gotten more players):

Jim Leyritz 1/1Abraham Nunez 2/3Tim Raines 1/1

Abraham Nunez helped me make my mark. And of course coincidently, there's an interesting story on how I got #1000. I had 2 cards out for him to sign. He told me he doesn't sign one of those cards so I gave him another. The card he doesn't sign (which is pictured) is an error card. Nunez and Ramirez's names are with the wrong picture. I'm surprised I didn't notice this.

Also after the game I found a baseball by the tracks. Not sure if this has been around since at least last season since they joined the Can-Am this season.

Decided to goto the Newark Bears/Brockton Rox game this afternoon. Was just a bit hot...I got:

Buckner 1/2Karkovice 2/2Raines 2/2Brandon Watson 1/1Raines Jr 1/1

Congrats to Daryle Ward, he was signed by a AA team in AZ. Maybe he'll make it back to the bigs. Unfortunately wasn't able to get him today. Had 5 cards left of him... I also got 2 baseballs. First one I retrieved when Brockton was warming up. I was actually going to throw it back to them after I went after it but then they just kept going on. The other was a foul ball. Made a pretty nice grab. Thanks for viewing my thread, I'll get a pic of the autos up later.

Thanks I appreciate it. Well you know I keep it coming. I'm actually about to head to NY. Going for my 2 teams today, Mets and Marlins. Hope I get more Marlins this time around. I will need some luck for today...

Petersen came with Dobbs but wasn't sure who he was so I didn't get him. Other Mets signed but didn't need them. Oh yeah and I got a card signed by Daniel Murphy for someone. Glad I got Darling out of the way for that. I will get pics up later. Thanks for reading.